TRANSLATION AND VALIDATION OF ENGLISH VERSION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE COMPETENCE QUESTIONNAIRE.

Background: Valid and reliable tools must be implemented to measure nursing students' evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge and skills that transfer to their practice. Purpose: To-translate and validate the English version of the Evidence Based Practice Competence Questionnaire (EBP-COQ-E). Methods: The EBP-COQ developed by Ruzafa-Martinez in Spain was administered to a sample of 279 undergraduate nursing students. Results: The content validity index was 96.16%, indicating that all items were correlated with the measurement of EBP competence. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.83, indicating good internal consistency. In confirmatory factor analysis, a three-factor solution was extracted with an eigenvalue greater than one, indicating a good measure of what it purports to be measuring. Conclusion: EBP-COQ-E can be recommended for standard implementation in English-speaking students taking EBP courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]